Castaway's Store is gone.

[JediJaida]

I wonder what kind of manufacturing facilities they have in Mexico?

It's closer to the U.S., and the travel time to get there is better.

[SeattleEd]

I think the key factor as to what Paul was alluding to is meeting OSHA requirements.

Working with petrol based ingredients and dealing with the by-product and disposal raises the concern and costs for most companies.
I would assume utilizing less destructive plastics would work but then yield a low quality and less durable result?

In Mexico, if you can find someone that is willing to do it and grease them the right way, I'm sure one can get manufacturing done, but it's the quasi-bureaucratic nonsense that will raise the cost. Also dealing with the ramifications of manufacturing as well. One of the reasons not to the drink the water down there.

[silveralex]

Or Canada? Or maybe Caribbean nations ?

[silveralex]

What about the tech - sure a 3d printer and roto Hware is gonna cost you, but is it that much more than getting molds made and paying a 3rd party it's fees? (Of course it does leave you with all the work !

[johnmiic]

One possibility is to find old equipment being sold off. I worked at the NYC Board of Ed for a while and we had a guy who knew what machines schools had and grabbed what he could when things got discarded. He bragged that he had an injection molding machine once. He made worthless knick-knacks he passed around at work. In the right hands that machine could be used to make custom model kit parts, custom toys, etc. It depends on whether you can grab something as useful as that when it becomes available.

[JediJaida]

Possible.

Very, very possible.

There are some great ideas floating around on this thread.

[pmwasson]

This looks interesting:

http://www.protomold.com

They have an interactive sample quote to give you an idea on the pricing:

http://www.protomold.com/ProtoQuote.aspx

[SeattleEd]

^^Paul, that is cool.

Not much of color choice in resin: natural, black or white.

Still waiting for the technology, pricing, to get there.

[BATMAN89]

Not much of color choice in resin: natural, black or white.

If you select Natural, another pull down menu is added with many color selections.

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